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NO MORE PHOTO OOPS (Officer approving Air Force One photo op over Manhattan lands a new job!)
WaPo ^ | Monday, June 15, 2009 | Al Kamen

Posted on 06/15/2009 12:05:06 AM PDT by parisa

Louis Caldera, the former White House Military Office chief who quit last month after approving that bizarre Air Force One photo op over Manhattan that frightened countless New Yorkers, has landed a job. He'll be a senior fellow focusing on higher education and national security matters at the Center for American Progress, run by John Podesta, a co-chairman of Obama's transition team.

Obama aides said at the time that the president was furious about the April 27 flyover, which included an Air Force One understudy and two F-16 military fighter aircraft flying over the Statue of Liberty and Lower Manhattan, not all that far from the site of the World Trade Center. The photo shoot, which cost up to $357,000, sent panicked New Yorkers into the streets thinking another attack was occurring.

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TOPICS: Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: airforceone; bhoairforceone; caldera; cap; democrat; democrats; louiscaldera; obama; obamacronies; podesta; whitehouse
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We can't even flinch any longer at the audacity of this administration!
1 posted on 06/15/2009 12:05:07 AM PDT by parisa
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I bet he got a raise too!


2 posted on 06/15/2009 12:10:34 AM PDT by smokingfrog ( Don't mess with the mockingbird! /\/\ http://tiny.cc/freepthis)
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To: parisa

I’m curious, what does 0 look like when he is furious?


3 posted on 06/15/2009 12:13:11 AM PDT by ABQHispConservative (A Blue Dog Democrat is an oxyMoron!)
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The Obamafuhrer really metes out some brutal punishments for “infuriating” him, doesn’t he?


4 posted on 06/15/2009 12:14:41 AM PDT by Windflier (To anger a conservative, tell him a lie. To anger a liberal, tell him the truth.)
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To: parisa

Furious? He denied knowing about it days after it occurred.

Liar.


5 posted on 06/15/2009 12:17:00 AM PDT by hattend (Sarah Palin has run a fishing business, a city, and a state. All Obama has done is run his mouth.)
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To: parisa

scapegoat. I still think 0 wanted to prove to himself he was prezzident.


6 posted on 06/15/2009 12:22:52 AM PDT by chuck_the_tv_out (click my name)
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To: parisa

Clinton crony Vernon Jordan got Monica Lewinsky a job at Revlon.


7 posted on 06/15/2009 12:27:46 AM PDT by Brad from Tennessee (A politician can't give you anything he hasn't first stolen from you.)
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I’m curious, what does 0 look like when he is furious? __________________ Photobucket
8 posted on 06/15/2009 12:31:05 AM PDT by mojitojoe (All tyranny needs to gain a foothold is for people of good conscience to remain silent.)
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9 posted on 06/15/2009 12:33:38 AM PDT by ketelone
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To: ABQHispConservative

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2mXs3zYd3n4


10 posted on 06/15/2009 12:33:49 AM PDT by Prophet in the wilderness (PSALM .53 : 1 The FOOL hath said in his heart, there is no GOD.)
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He denied knowing about it days after it occurred.

Liar.


11 posted on 06/15/2009 12:33:57 AM PDT by South40 (Islam has a proud tradition of tolerance. ~Hussein Obama, Cairo, Egypt, June 4, 2009)
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Gerald Walpin, the Inspector General who has responsibility for the AmeriCorps program gets fired for doing the right thing to one of Obama’s cronies.

But, if you take the fall for Obama you get a nice new job for one of Obama’s friends.

The crook in the WH makes Nixon look like a school boy.


12 posted on 06/15/2009 12:38:04 AM PDT by Aria ( "The US republic will endure until Congress discovers it can bribe the public with the people's $.")
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Wow. A new job in 4 weeks and it takes the average American 8 weeks. That is very unfair. Although if his experience matches the job qualifications fine, but still...


13 posted on 06/15/2009 12:39:28 AM PDT by napscoordinator
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Louis Caldera, the former White House Military Office chief who quit last month after approving that bizarre Air Force One photo op over Manhattan

Okay. He "approved" the flight. Who requested it?

14 posted on 06/15/2009 12:44:06 AM PDT by Lawgvr1955 (You can never have too much cowbell !!)
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Caldera, the son of Mexican immigrants, Soledad and Benjamin Caldera

Caldera resigned to begin serving as managing director and chief operating officer for President Bill Clinton's Corporation for National and Community Service (1997-1998), a domestic volunteer program.

Caldera became the 18th president of the University of New Mexico in August 2003 and stepped down from that post in January 2006. Caldera's contract with the University granted him appointment as a tenured member of the University of New Mexico School of Law faculty.

Caldera served on the board of directors of IndyMac Bank from 2002 until its failure and subsequent seizure by the government in July 2008.

Caldera served on the board of directors for Southwest Airlines until he submitted his resignation, effective January 15, 2009, in connection with his selection to serve as Director of the White House Military Office On May 22, 1998, Clinton announced Caldera as his selection for Secretary of the Army. On July 2, 1998, Caldera was sworn in as the 17th Secretary of the Army by Secretary of Defense William Cohen.

15 posted on 06/15/2009 1:13:40 AM PDT by kcvl
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What I am amazed (not really) is he never knows what is going on with those who are supposed to be under his supervision and jurisdiction - and - that he plays dumb (not really) until it becomes an issue then he puts his foot down (not really) and then deals directly with the issue (not really).


16 posted on 06/15/2009 1:22:14 AM PDT by jongaltsr (Hope to See ya in Galt's Gulch.)
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He'll be a senior fellow focusing on higher education and national security matters at the Center for American Progress,,,,

The payoff for Caldera keeping his mouth shut and taking the fall for the photo op.

17 posted on 06/15/2009 1:44:52 AM PDT by TYVets
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Who requested it? Maybe it was a Wish of the Day he granted to some ACORN pals with a sick sense of humor? It is bizarre. No former president has had AF1 buzz any city.


18 posted on 06/15/2009 1:54:03 AM PDT by HiTech RedNeck (In only 19 weeks, 0 has enabled us to agree with the Taliban [his empty speechifying] - Iron Munro)
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To: parisa

Edjamkation hack.
Good place for someone totally useless that want’s to make a good living.


19 posted on 06/15/2009 2:28:01 AM PDT by Leisler ("It is terrible to contemplate how few politicians are hanged."~G.K. Chesterton)
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To: parisa

Sometimes its very profitable to be the fall guy.


20 posted on 06/15/2009 2:29:55 AM PDT by Proud_USA_Republican
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